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        Where the standard library provides <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span
            class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>,
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                Provides overloads for the <a class="link" href="../../reference/buffer.html"
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                Uses it in preference to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span
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                Uses it in preference to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span
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